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Demssew Tsega Abebe was a famous marathon runner in Ethiopia and was expected to be on his country’s Olympic team. But his career was cut short when he was tortured for peacefully protesting his government’s policies. His heels and feet …

Demssew Tsega Abebe was a famous marathon runner in Ethiopia and was expected to be on his country’s Olympic team. But his career was cut short when he was tortured for peacefully protesting his government’s policies. His heels and feet were so severely …

It is a self-evident truth that Winter Olympians tend, much like the scenery they inhabit, to be as white as the driven snow. Rarely, save perhaps on Oscar nominations day, does one encounter a collective of such glaring, ethnic homogeneity. Of the 66 …

Demssew Tsega Abebe was a famous marathon runner in Ethiopia and was expected to be on his country’s Olympic team. But his career was cut short when he was tortured for peacefully protesting his government’s policies. His heels and feet were so severely …

If you asked anyone a month ago if they thought they could see unity throughout the international community, the answer would likely have been a resounding “no.”
A headline story for the last number of months has been about North Korea testing ballistic …

For players as young as eight on Idaho’s Juniors FC, the possibility of abuse when they step on the field is very real. And they are from from unique
Juniors FC players have had to endure shouts of ‘here comes the future convicts’.
Photograph: Alamy Stock …

BEIRUT - It was Betty's 22nd birthday when she landed in Beirut from Ethiopia with the promise of a well-paid job, but her dream of a better life ended when she found herself at the mercy of her employers.
Betty - whose name was changed for security …

By Heba Kanso
BEIRUT, Feb 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was Betty's 22nd birthday when she landed in Beirut from Ethiopia with the promise of a well-paid job, but her dream of a better life ended when she found herself at the mercy of her …

Coming off a run to the third round of the NCAA tournament, the Coastal men’s soccer team has reloaded with the signing of 11 players, including a local product.
Head coach Shaun Docking has signed midfielder Luke Williams of Murrells Inlet, who scored 31 …

When the Northeastern men won the Beanpot Monday night, it ended a 30-year drought for the program in the city's fabled college hockey tournament.
With that by the wayside now, there aren't many Boston-related droughts that approach that scale. …

Demssew Tsega Abebe was a famous marathon runner in Ethiopia and was expected to be on his country’s Olympic team. But his career was cut short when he was tortured for peacefully protesting his government’s policies. His heels and feet were so severely …

Participants take part in the Manipal Silver Marathon on Sunday.
Ethiopian runners Mikiyas Yemta and Zinashwork Yenew Ambi won the men's and women's 21.1-kilometre races respectively in the second Manipal Silver Marathon on Sunday. Both bagged a …

Athletics: Coleman puts on speed show at Boston GP
BOSTON: Christian Coleman, who won the 100 metres silver medal last year at the World Championships, cruised to victory in the men’s 60 metres on Saturday at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix.
The 21-year-old …

A new athletics World Cup is close to being launched, with the London Stadium lined up to host the first edition this summer. Telegraph Sport can reveal that British Athletics is about to announce what would be a two-day track-and-field competition …

Idris Adesina
Kenya-born Frenchman Abraham Kiprotich and Ethiopian Herpha Guta on Saturday led their compatriots to dominate the 2018 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon as they won the first three prizes in both men and women’s categories of …

Kenyan-born French athlete Abraham Kiprotich, has emerged winner of the 2018 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, in the 42 kilometer race after returning at time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 04 seconds.
After the race, Kiprotich pocked the sum of $50,000 …

By Errin Haines Whack, The Associated Press
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Other than Antarctica, only one continent on the planet has never hosted an Olympic Games: Africa. Finally, though, that could be about to change.
But there'll be a step to take …

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Playthough this weekend and the ECGC (April 17-19) bring thousands of players and developers together at the Raleigh Convention Center
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Winter Wilderness Emergency First Aid Certification Training
Students will learn an emphasis on field herbal medicine that can be realistically used in remote and off-grid situations of illness or injury with hands-on experience using clinical and role-playing based training in post-disaster scenarios. This is a 24 hour course taught over 3 days (8 hours per day) and includes both a conventional 16-Hour Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Certification through Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) as well as more than 8 hours of herbal first aid training.
Herbal First Aid information is integrated into the curriculum every day in order to create a holistic model of remote or post-disaster care that emphasizes the essentials of first aid care while also introducing fundamental plant-...

Join Kevin Keegan OBE for a Sportman's Dinner
An evening of entertainment with Kevin Keegan former English Footballer & Manager. As a forward he played for several clubs including Liverpool and Hamburg SV. He went onto manage Newcastle United, Fulham, and Manchester City.
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Following the resounding success of the inaugural edition of the Mavic Haute Route Rockies, the second edition is set to take place in June 2018!
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